IP: wireless network explanation from Einstein

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Stewart Alsop <salsop () nea com>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:56:59 -0800
To: boingotab () boingo com
Subject: FW: wireless network explanation from Einstein


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From: Forest Baskett
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 8:12 PM
To: NEA-Tech Team
Subject: wireless network explanation from Einstein

There is an organization in California's Sonoma county (excellent wine
country) called Nocatnet (www.nocat.net) that helps organize and promote
free 802.11 wireless networks.  Why is it called the No Cat network?  You
might think that it's an Ethernet network with no Cat 3 or Cat 5 wires (the
category of wires qualified to carry 10 Mbit/sec or 100 Mbit/sec,
respectively).  Here's the real reason:

Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio, replied:
"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his
tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand
this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they
receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."


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